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  • Advances in the Scientific Evaluation of Bladder Cancer and Molecular Basis for Diagnosis and Treatment
    Advances in the Scientific Evaluation of Bladder Cancer and Molecular Basis for Diagnosis and Treatment NEW
    Editor Raj Persad and Weranja Ranasinghe
    ISBN 978-953-51-1142-9
    130 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 165
    Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world affecting more than 300,000 men and women worldwide. This book summarizes the vast breadth of current understanding of the molecular and genetic processes involved in carcinogenesis of the b ...
  • Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy - Increasing Relevance in Cancer Management
    Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy - Increasing Relevance in Cancer Management NEW
    Editor Maurie M. Markman
    ISBN 978-953-51-1139-9
    104 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 158
    In the chapters of this excellent text, the authors have described advances in the neoadjuvant chemotherapeutic management of a number of tumor types. Based on the extensive experience with this management concept in breast cancer, several chapters a ...
  • Cancer Treatment - Conventional and Innovative Approaches
    Cancer Treatment - Conventional and Innovative Approaches
    Editor Letícia Rangel
    ISBN 978-953-51-1098-9
    618 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 377
    Cancer Treatment: Conventional and Innovative Approaches is an attempt to integrate into a book volume the various aspects of cancer treatment, compiling comprehensive reviews written by an international team of experts in the field. The volume is pr ...
  • Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases From Bench to Bedside A Diagnostic and Preventive Perspective
    Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases From Bench to Bedside A Diagnostic and Preventive Perspective
    Editor Davy Vanden Broeck
    ISBN 978-953-51-1072-9
    325 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 220
    Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among women worldwide, and infection with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) has been identified as the causal agent for this condition. The natural history of cervical cancer is characterized by slow dise ...
  • Clinical Epidemiology of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - From the Molecules to the Clinic
    Clinical Epidemiology of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - From the Molecules to the Clinic
    Editor Juan Manuel Mejia-Arangure
    ISBN 978-953-51-0990-7
    332 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 313
    This book describes different perspectives of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The approach includes aspects of molecular epidemiology, particularly molecular features that influence the genesis and prognosis of the disease. Some aspects of t ...
  • Highlights in Skin Cancer
    Highlights in Skin Cancer
    Editor Pierre Vereecken
    ISBN 978-953-51-1073-6
    299 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 304
    Highlights in Skincancer is a companion handbook published expressly for all the practitionners who are interested in skin cancers: medical oncologists and dermatologists but also residents, general practitionners, surgeons, plastic surgeons. The boo ...
  • Future Aspects of Tumor Suppressor Gene
    Future Aspects of Tumor Suppressor Gene
    Editor Yue Cheng
    ISBN 978-953-51-1063-7
    221 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 334
    Tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) and their signaling networks are fast growing areas in current biomedical science. These groups of genes, which are not limited to tumor suppression, play critical roles in many cellular activities. This book, "Future As ...
  • Liver Tumors - Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
    Liver Tumors - Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
    Editor Helen Reeves, Derek M. Manas and Rajiv Lochan
    ISBN 978-953-51-1070-5
    175 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 445
    The prognosis for individuals with liver cancer is frequently poor. Cancers include those which have metastasized to the liver from elsewhere, reflecting advanced stage disease where cure is rarely possible. Similarly, primary liver cancer frequently ...